Education Coordinator
Education Coordinator
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TITLE: Education Coordinator
REPORTS TO: Education Manager
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt Full Time
LOCATION: San Jose CA; onsite
Amigos de Guadalupes Mission:
Amigos de Guadalupe fulfills its mission by focusing on four strategies: Expansive Outreach (Alcance Comunitario) Trusted Information & Referral (Amigos de Confianza) Ta Comunidad Fortalecida) and Case Management (Compaerismo). The Housing Case Manager will be mostly focused on comunidad fortalecida and compaerismo .
Founded on the principles of justice and advocacy Amigos de Guadalupe Center for Justice and Empowerment partners with the Si Se Puede Collective and local agencies to make social services more accessible to the Mayfair Community; to strengthen individuals and the community through education; and to address social inequities by creating strong leaders through community organizing.
Job Summary:
The Education Coordinator must understand issues of highly impacted communities of color where access and resources are missing and the opportunity gap is highest. The Education Coordinator works collaboratively with the Education Manager and other assigned staff to establish and meet the goals of all Amigos education programs including the After School Summer School and Scholarship programs. The Scholarship Program supports primarily firstgeneration Latino students attending college as the first in their families. The Summer School Program provides academic and enrichment curricula for elementary school students from prekindergarten through middle school aged students. The After School Program serves the same grade levels as the Summer School Program and includes support at both school sites and Amigos unhoused families locations including Casitas de Esperanza and Amigos hotel education manger also supports the development of proposed new programs that support students and families. The Education Coordinator may in cooperation with the Education Manager and other assigned staff plan initiate and implement all education programs to support student academic achievement/success. All programs serve to help to address the Latino opportunity gaps and systemic racism in education. The Education Coordinator is or will become familiar with California Common Core State Standards for students including those associated with socialemotional learning. The Education Coordinator is or will become familiar with the 2Gen approach to service for families and Amigos implementation of Radical Hospitality to support students and families.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supports the initiation implementation and evaluation of all education programs and operations including but not limited to after school and summer programs field trips all enrichment activities coordination with volunteers and mentors all sports programs and/or activities and all student nutrition programs
- Supports the implementation of the Amigos Scholarship Program
- Supports the hiring supervision management and evaluation of all education staff members including but not limited to full and part time staff of after school and summer programs tutors and adult mentors and other community volunteers as appropriate
- Supports ensuring a safe learning environment for all students and staff
- Maintains equipment and inventory related to educational programs
- Supports the preparation and implementation of pre and post program assessments
- Adheres to the 2Gen approach to learning in support of students and families
- Practices radical hospitality with all community members
- Lesson planning for all academic programs
- Reliability in working assigned hours
- Teach direct and supervise students
- Maintain daily attendance reports and support data gathering for aggregate reports
- Maintain data entry requirements
- Maintain inventory of materials and equipment
- Responsible for the health safety and wellbeing of students at all times
- Act as an active participant and a positive role model to students exhibiting professional behavior at all times with all constituents
- Demonstrate awareness of systemic failures of current systems and support filling those gaps with knowledge of the communitys needs and equity gaps
- Ensure that any academic and/or behavioral concerns are reported to the Education Manager immediately and remediated appropriately
- Practice conflict resolution techniques and positive behavior intervention and support
- Attend and participate in staff meetings and professional development trainings
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
The Education Coordinator will have the following competencies and knowledge base and/or possess the following skills:
- Common Core Standards
- Balanced literacy
- Lesson planning and implementation
- Classroom management including Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) Conflict Resolution techniques and SocialEmotional learning strategies
- Excellent classroom management within a childcentered program
- College degree in education or related field or degree in progress valid teaching credential preferred or equivalent experience in directing programs
- Experience working with children in a variety of school settings.
- Successful experience in working within local educational governmental and/or nonprofit agencies
- Must have knowledge of and ability to work in racially diverse communities underperforming schools and low high economic poverty areas
- Must be fingerprinted and have a background check
- Prefer CPR and/or First Aid training
- Spanish bilingual Preferred
Compensation and Benefits:
- Hourly Rate: $30.00
- Comprehensive Benefits Package:
- Medical Dental Chiropractic and Vision Coverage
- Life Insurance
- Generous Paid Time off
- Paid Holidays and Sick Time
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
Equal Opportunity Employer Notice
Amigos de Guadalupe is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability or any other protected characteristic under California law.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
